SpaceX has confirmed a recently reported layoff, stating that it must get “leaner” in order to achieve its ample goals. News of the layoff first surfaced from an email sent by SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell, who reportedly called the business move “a very difficult but necessary decision.” The company cited global space-based Internet and developing interplanetary spacecraft as projects that...Read more ...

SpaceX will lay off 10 percent of its workforce, immediately following its first successful rocket launch of the year for satellite maker Iridium. The news, first reported by the Los Angeles Times and confirmed by SpaceX, suggests the company is under some financial pressure as it attempts to get two ambitious projects off the ground.
More than 6,000 people work at SpaceX, according to the company's website. It's not clear which SpaceX divisions may have been affected.The company faces a busy year: testing its Crew Dragon for flying astronauts to the International Space Station, launching...Read more ...

SpaceX plans to lay off approximately 10 percent of its workforce in order to manage its costs, the company confirmed to TechCrunch today. First reported by Ars Technica's Eric Berger, the news comes as the company embarks on an ambitious plan to develop and test an interplanetary spacecraft while simultaneously performing frequent orbital launches.
In a statement provided to TechCrunch, SpaceX explained that the layoffs are in pursuit of becoming a “leaner company” and that they were only necessary due to “the extraordinarily difficult challenges ahead.”
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